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Shepherd of Fire amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Shepherd of Fire”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Ltd ESP F-50. Studio version, Hail to the King (2013)

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader / Synyster Gates Signature) into Schecter Hellwin USA 100W Head & Bogner Uberschall into 4x12 cabs with Celestion Vintage 30s

Thick, aggressive modern metal crunch with punchy low-mids and sharp bite
Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
CHANNELMetal 2000 amp model
GAIN 7 BASS 7 MID 5 TREBLE 7 REVERB 1 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass7
Mid5
Treble7
Reverb1
Master6
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Onboard Noise Gate

Enable the LT25 onboard utility gate to clamp high-gain palm-mute chugs

Threshold 6 · Decay 3
Why these settings

The Metal 2000 model provides the saturated, aggressive modern American high-gain core of Synyster's Hellwin/Uberschall rig. Your ESP F-50's passive humbuckers lack the ultra-high output and thick low-end of Invader pickups, so Bass is pushed to 7 with Gain at 7 to restore body. The Mustang LT25 faceplate has no physical presence control, so top-end bite is shaped directly via Treble at 7.

PRO TIPSynyster's tight chugging relies on heavy right-hand palm-muting right against the bridge saddles combined with aggressive, percussive downpicking.

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